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Teflon Don is a long time blogger that I have a loose connection with via The Sandbox. This soldier/writer has a heck of a way with words. He does not post as much anymore but when he does they are something to read. The  one he has up now is about a friend of his who has gotten himself into trouble. It serves as an example of how things go wrong when a returning combat vet does not get the help he needs. It is called Shadows of War. I encourage you to click below and read it.
This is a hot topic this morning in the “milblogosphereâ€. My buds over at Blackfive.net (both Blackfive himself and Laughing Wolf) felt so strong about this they put up two postings about it HERE and HERE.
The raffle tickets could be purchased through paypal, however it appears that pay-pal’s anti-constitution and gun views have caused them to shut down the entire account for this fund-raiser which provides an awesome product and service to our wounded warriors.
The statement from Soldier’s Angels Executive Director, Patti Patton-Bader says it all:
Online donations through PayPal are a huge part of our fundraising. They shut down our entire account-not just the raffle button—for twelve hours right in the middle of an email fundraising push. Looking at the Terms of Use, we couldn’t understand where we’d gone wrong, but we had to immediately remove the raffle so we could get back online ASAP. This just breaks our hearts because we were so excited about the tremendous fundraising impact the Gun Blogger Rendezvous raffle was already having.
I have a new posting up over at one of my other blogs, Afghanistan Lessons Learned. This one deals with knowing the common types of IEDs you may hit depending on the type of route you are on. It is called Know Your IEDs.
President Obama recently stated that he doesn’t necessarily think we need a “VICTORY” in Afghanistan to be successful. So I wanted to poll my readers and hear what you think. Do you think we can do what is needed in Afghanistan without a victory over the Taliban? Do you think that there are only two outcomes to war, win or lose? Here is your chance to be heard.
Expect to keep hearing the Hamid Karzai spin train every day from now until August 20th. It will get louder and louder as he makes these statements about talks with the Taliban and how he wants rules put on Coalition forces. Under the past administration he would be ignored as he always has, but under this Administration there is no telling what will happen.
He has a history of shooting off his mouth for his own people and of course the media jumps all over it. He is like a guy in a fight that is held back by his friends and as long as his friends are holding him back he talks big smack. He knows that he has no pull and that he can make whatever “demands†he wants but they will fall on deaf ears, except for his own people. The Afghan people have very limited access to outside media outlets so they believe what they hear in country.
Karzai needs to stay quiet, quit talking smack and as I have said in the past, quit being a tool.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Gustavo Amaya (right) and Andrew Ellis, both with 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, suspect they are being observed by enemy forces during a key leader engagement in the Nawa District of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 11, 2009. The Marines are deployed to support NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counter insurgency operations. They will train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in the country. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Jeremy Harris, U.S. Marine Corps.
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